Lock board



H. C. MAISE April 23, 1929.

LOCK BOARD Filed Nov. s, 1925 f ze.

ATTRNEY.

.Patented Apr. 23,

narran lerares lvICI-IIGA IEOIT; MCHIGAN, ,A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

N, lSifllGli'Ol' TO BRIGGS MANUFACTURING LGCK BOARD.

.application lcd November 5, 1923.

iacc oi' the support will be flush with the adjacent laces oi the 'trame to provide an oven surface ilor rthe usual trininnngniiaterial 'lor the door. j y

Another object is to provide simple and el'eetive means ttor positioning the support upon the iframe oi? 'the door when applied thereto.

With the above and other objects in view, the :invention consists in certain novel 'leatures ol: construction, combination, and arrangement oli parts as will be more 'fully' described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

.ln the aecoinpanying thawing Figure 1 is an inside elevation jjmrtly laokcn away oi a inolor Vehicle door with the construct-ion embodying my invention applied thereto; I

Figure 2 a sectional view talien on the line 2-2 ol Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1; l

Figure flis a sectional view taken on line /il--J- ol Figure 1;

il eure is sectional view 'taken on 'the zo l Y h line o ol lligure 1.

1n the manufacture ol doors ltor vehicle bodies it is usual to connect the uprights of a door ifi-anic by a board that supports a suitable lock ior the door as well as a part oit the window control mechanism and to provide a gusset plate that secured. to one et the nprights and that supports the other parts of the control mechanism. However9 ivith such constructions it frequently happens Vthat either the lock boards or the gusset plates or both are made n'ieerrectly or are secured inacfairately to the door .traine so that as a result the parts olf the control n'ieehanisin can not be assen'iblcd properly lfor operation.

Vith the present inventioii these objectionable features are overcome entirely and Serial No. 673,011.

l preferably provide a single board that is constructed to support all of the window control mechanism as well as the lock for the door.

.Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 designates a window that'is adapted to be raised or lowered in a door2, prel'r-rably of a vvehicle body. In the upper portion of' 'the door is an opening 3 that is zulapted to be closed by the window when in raised position7 `while in the lower portion ot the door is a vertical pocket 4L that communicates with the opening 3 and that is adapted to receive the window when in lowered position. This window is preferably a sashless glass panel that is adapted to slide in suitable guideways 5 secured to the upright members G of the door frame and is adapted to be raised or lowered by suitable control mechanism designated generally by the .numeral 7. vFor reinforcing the door intermediate its ends., ,l preferably provide a channel-shaped board 8 that .is secured to the 'upright me1nbers (i of the iti-ame adjacent to a suitable belt linish strip 9. This board preferably supports a suitable lock y1.0 for the door, and for this purpose, is preferably provided at one end with an opening 15 that receives the working parts of the lock. The board 8 is also provided with a depressed portion 12 that extends upwardly from the upper edge of the opening 15 for receiving the operatingl handle (not shown) or' the lock. The lock casing 1.4 may be any suitable design and is preferably detachably secured to the outer side of the lock board.

llor supporting all of the Window control mechanism, as well as the lock for the door, the board 8 is preferably provided at its lower enge with a downward extension 1G upon. which the lower end oli a window actuating lever 7 of the control mechanism is pivolaily mounted. For actuating this lever there :is a screw 18 that threadedly engages a bearing 19 mounted on the lever adjacent to the ylower end thereof' and that meshes with suitable gearing 2O in a gear case 21 .secured in any opening 22 in the lock board 8' adjacent to the extension 16. A eounterhalancing coil spring 23 is terminally seci'lred to the inturned iiange Ql at the upper edge oi? the lock board and to the lever 7 adjacent the bearing 19, while a suitable crank 25 exteneing into the gear easing is used to operate the gearing for rotating the screw 18 to aetuate the lever 7 against the tension of the spring 23.

In order that an even surface may be provided :tor the usual trimmingl material 2T tor the door, the upright members 6 are preferably provided with depressed portions 28 that receive the enfl portions of the look board 8 Y the board will be tlush with the adjacent face et' the upright members. To insure a rigid connection between the leek board and the uprights, the end portions oli the board are preferably welded along,- the upper and lower edges thereof to the upper and lower edges ol the depressed portions 28. For positioning,` the loclr board properly in the depressions 23 when applied to the door trame, the board is preferably provided at eaeh end with spaced inturn'ed Ai'iane'es 29 that engage the opposed or the uprights. "hus, the :langes 29 prevent endwise movement of the board while the depressed pertions 28 hold the board against vertical movement.

lt will also be noted that the upper and lower [langes 2l and 30 respectively ol1 the board are eut away at their ends so that they will also abut the opposed faces of the upright members G ot the frame and thus will Cooperate with the lianifes 29 to position theboard upon the uprights.

The extension 16 is preferably provided at its lower end with a horizontal llanpe' that extends inwardly and has a vertical portion that extends downwardly in substantially parallel relation to the extension 16, the tlange and the portion 3st bein` formed, in the illustrated construction, of

so that the outer surface oli.

aligned openings in the extension 1G and vert-ical portion Set ot the Thus, the flange serves as a support tor the lever in addition to servine as a )ositioning` mem er l'or the board.

lllhat l claim as my invention is:

l. The oembinatien with a trame, and a closure movable in said iframe, ot a pivotal lever, an actuating Connection trom said lever to rsaid Closure, and a sheet metal support for said lever 'formed with an integral projertion, having` its end portion bent in parallelism with said support, and a shalt extending' between said bent end portion and the end of said support pivotally mounting saidL lever.

2. rthe combination with a trame and a window movable in said trame, ot a sheet metal member secured to said trame, a lock carried by said member at one end thereof, said member beine` provided at its other end with a portion extending downwardly therefrom and provided with an integral struck out portion., a lever havingl one end thereot connected to said window and the other end supported between said sheet metal member and the strut-lt out portion thereof.

3. The combination with a. door trame having' spaced uprights, o1 a sheet metal loel; and window litter suppoitinp` member conneetinpy said uprights, and provided adjacent to its opposite ends with lateral projections that engage the uprights, one ol said projections beingsubstantially U- shaped and constituting` a pivot bearing for a part et said window lifter;

ln testimony whereof I a-iiix my signature.

HERMAN C. MAlSE. 

